Re: [tdf-discuss] Suggestion: Separating Writer, Calc, Base, Draw etc

Le 2010-10-26 11:20, todd rme a écrit :
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>  wrote:
> > Le 2010-10-26 08:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker a écrit :
> > > They do load separately. What makes you think they don't?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: goldfish@aol.in [mailto:goldfish@aol.in]
> > > Sent: 26 October 2010 09:44
> > > To: discuss@documentfoundation.org; marketing@libreoffice.org
> > > Subject: [tdf-discuss] Suggestion: Separating Writer, Calc, Base, Draw etc
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Please could we make LibreOffice load 'Writer', 'Math',
> > > 'Impress','Calc', 'Base', 'Draw' etc separately. In other words, can
> > > these separate entities be kept somewhat isolated so that the load is
> > > not too much and it will load faster when the program is started.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if I am not clear.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Paul
> >
> > Hi Gordon:
> >
> > I think Paul is suggesting that the download be broken up this way and that
> > each component be able to work on its own. Right now it is one big download.
> > Not all of us have high speed and many still (as I am reminded quite often
> > by our international members) are using dial-up. This is also the case for
> > many US members.
> >
> > Marc
>
> As I mentioned in another thread, I think a better solution would be
> an online installer (possibly the same software as an automatic
> updater).  You just download a small program, tell it what parts of
> libo you want, it pulls those parts and the necessary dependencies
> from a server (it could check several mirrors) and installs those
> pieces.   It could even walk them through the process, asking them
> what exactly they want to be able to do and then grabbing the programs
> necessary to do that.
>
> That way users wouldn't need to worry about which bits they need to
> download to get it working it, that is all handled automatically by
> the installer.  It also means that users don't need to worry about
> future changes in how the parts are broken up, this is all hidden from
> the user.
>
> It also means that when a user wants to install, say, writer and calc
> only, they don't need to download writer+libraries and calc+libraries
> (downloading the libraries twice), they can just download
> writer+calc+libraries.  This makes a huge difference since the
> libraries are by far the largest part of the suite (larger than the
> rest of the suite combined).
>
> -Todd

Excellent idea! I am all for it! But, as we are constantly reminded, 
internet access is not the same for everyone. There are even people on 
this side of the pond who have dial-up. A download of parts of the suite 
is OK, but to download all of the components would be a problem again 
for those who need more than one part.

But in principle this is a good idea that has been suggested quite often.

Marc


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